Expert: Hank Hokamp - 11/3/2009

Question
Why did the Spanish settle in North America?

Answer

   Thanks for the question, Isaiah:

   "Why did the Spanish settle in North America?"

   The Spanish colonization of the Americas was the settlement and political rule over much of the western hemisphere which was initiated by the Spanish conquistadors and fought mostly by their native allies. Beginning with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492, over three centuries the Spanish Empire expanded from early small settlements in the Caribbean to include Mexico, Central America, most of South America, and what today is Southwestern United States, the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of North America, reaching Alaska.

                                          HANK